#CDD397#CDD397

#CDD397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.079 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD397
RGB	rgb(205, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(66, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(66, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 28.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.81, -11.64, 29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.81, 31.35, 111.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0306 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.079 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0570, 61.8026, 38.3535)
Luminance	0.6180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD397 #9D97D3

analogous

#D3BB97 #CDD397 #AFD397

triadic

#CDD397 #97CDD3 #D397CD

tetradic

#CDD397 #97D3BB #9D97D3 #D397AF

square

#CDD397 #97D3BB #9D97D3 #D397AF

split-complementary

#CDD397 #97AFD3 #BB97D3

monochromatic

#9FA847 #B8C16C #CDD397 #E2E5C2 #F5F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CDD397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#CDD397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD397

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD397	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.079 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde0b6',
    500: '#cdd397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd397;
$custom-light: #dde0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84767,
    "c": 0.07911,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD397

secondary

#6C65A9

accent

#32B43F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD397

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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